A bill making its way through the Arizona Legislature would restrict new wind farm projects to sites at least 12 miles from any property zoned for residential use, leaving almost no land available for wind energy in the state.
If passed, it would become the most restrictive law limiting wind power development in the United States and would remove about 90% of Arizona’s land from consideration for this renewable energy infrastructure, according to an analysis by The Arizona Republic and USA TODAY.
Roughly half of what’s left would be on Native American and National Park Service land, including locations near the Grand Canyon…